Doctor criminally negligent after suffocating patient

An ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist has been arrested and charged for the death of a patient after the doctor prematurely removed a breathing tube which was keeping her airway open after surgery. The doctor was given a criminal charge as he neglected to review the patients' notes that were available to him, which lead to his dangerous decision. The patient later went to hospital with breathing difficulties where she suffered respiratory arrest and anoxic brain injury. Criminal proceedings for medical malpractice are uncommon, but do happen, e.g. an anaesthesiologist was charged with an 8 year old boy's death after he fell asleep during the child's surgery, and the child died; and 3 nurses were held criminally accountable for a neonate's death after the baby was given an overdose of penicillin.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Newsinferno

Related Disease Topics:

• Respiratory arrest
• Anoxic brain injury
• Overdose

Related Symptom Topics:

• Death
• Breathing difficulties
• Suffocating

Article Source Details

About: Doctor criminally negligent after suffocating patient

Date: 6 December 2005

Source: Newsinferno

URL: http://www.newsinferno.com/storypages/12-06-2005~002.html

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Surgery
• Surgery and anesthesiologist
• Surgery and anesthesia
• Surgery and medical malpractice
• Surgery and negligence
• Surgery and criminal negligence
• Surgery and litigation
• Surgery and ENT
• Surgery and ENT
• Medical malpractice
• Medical malpractice and anesthesiologist
• Medical malpractice and surgery
• Medical malpractice and anesthesia
• Medical malpractice and medical malpractice
• Medical malpractice and negligence
• Medical malpractice and criminal negligence
• Medical malpractice and litigation
• Medical malpractice and ENT
• Medical malpractice and ENT
• Medical malpractice and death
• Medical malpractice and breathing difficulties
• Medical malpractice and respiratory arrest
• Medical malpractice and anoxic brain damage
• Medical malpractice and anoxic brain injury
• Medical malpractice and anoxia
• Medical malpractice and brain damage
• Medical malpractice and brain injury
• Medical malpractice and suffocation
• Medical malpractice and breathing tube
• Medical malpractice and ENT specialist
• Medical malpractice and nurse
• Medical malpractice and airway obstruction
• Death from suffocation
• Death from negligence
• Death from breathing tube
• Death from respiratory arrest
• Death from breathing difficulties
• Death from airway obstruction

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